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  penned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stephens 
  himself, 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  my 
  notice 
  

   concerning 
  him, 
  admits 
  and 
  excuses 
  the 
  former 
  of 
  these 
  faults 
  ; 
  the 
  

   latter 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  more 
  excusable. 
  Indeed, 
  if 
  a 
  writer 
  be 
  

   clearly 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  an 
  insect 
  he 
  is 
  describing 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  one 
  

   described 
  by 
  another 
  author, 
  I 
  consider 
  not 
  only 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  justified, 
  

   but 
  would 
  be 
  inexcusable 
  were 
  he 
  to 
  omit 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  such 
  

   characters 
  as 
  the 
  former 
  describer 
  had 
  observed, 
  but 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  

   exhibited 
  in 
  his 
  perhaps 
  unique 
  individual. 
  

  

  This 
  slight 
  sketch 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Stephens's 
  history 
  would 
  scarcely 
  be 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  were 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  unsuccessful 
  suit 
  at 
  law 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  for 
  

   a 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  engaged 
  against 
  James 
  Rennie, 
  for 
  alleged 
  piracy 
  of 
  

   the 
  ' 
  Illustrations 
  ' 
  in 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Conspectus 
  of 
  British 
  

   Butterflies 
  and 
  Moths,' 
  to 
  remain 
  unnoticed. 
  The 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  sci- 
  

   entific 
  world 
  on 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  that 
  suit 
  was 
  fully 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  unsoli- 
  

   cited 
  subscription 
  entered 
  into 
  by 
  his 
  friends, 
  for 
  defraying 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   legal 
  expenses 
  attendant 
  upon 
  his 
  defeat. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  Shaw's 
  ' 
  General 
  Zoology,' 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  the 
  birds, 
  which 
  first 
  made 
  the 
  English 
  naturalist 
  acquainted 
  

   with 
  the 
  modern 
  system 
  of 
  classification 
  now 
  universally 
  adopted, 
  Mr. 
  

   Stephens 
  was 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  entomological 
  works 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Some 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  British 
  Tipulidae, 
  together 
  with 
  Descrip- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Species 
  of 
  Culex 
  and 
  Anopheles 
  found 
  in 
  Britain. 
  

   Zool. 
  Journ. 
  i. 
  No. 
  4, 
  p. 
  448, 
  January, 
  1825. 
  

   Note 
  on 
  a 
  Memoir 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Haliday, 
  on 
  Insects 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  

   of 
  Ireland, 
  with 
  the 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Anopheles. 
  

   Zool. 
  Journ. 
  No. 
  12, 
  p. 
  502, 
  April, 
  1828. 
  

   A 
  Systematic 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  British 
  Insects, 
  being 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  ar- 
  

   range 
  all 
  the 
  hitherto 
  discovered 
  indigenous 
  Insects 
  in 
  accord- 
  

   ance 
  with 
  their 
  Natural 
  Afl5nities, 
  containing 
  also 
  the 
  references 
  

   to 
  every 
  English 
  writer 
  on 
  Entomology, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  principal 
  

   foreign 
  authors, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  published 
  Genera 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   time. 
  London 
  : 
  1828. 
  Svo. 
  

   In 
  this 
  most 
  laborious 
  volume 
  of 
  838 
  pages, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  10,116 
  

   species 
  are 
  catalogued, 
  with 
  their 
  synonyms, 
  and 
  full 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  

   works 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  described. 
  

  

  The 
  Nomenclature 
  of 
  British 
  Insects, 
  being 
  a 
  Compendious 
  List 
  of 
  

   such 
  Species 
  as 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Systematic 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  

   British 
  Insects.' 
  London 
  : 
  1829. 
  Small 
  Svo. 
  

   Ditto. 
  Second 
  edition 
  : 
  1833. 
  

  

  Illustrations 
  of 
  British 
  Entomology, 
  or 
  a 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  indigenous 
  

   Insects, 
  containing 
  their 
  generic 
  and 
  specific 
  Descriptions, 
  with 
  

  

  